Sapa - Laochai -TaVan - GiangTaChai -Cocly Market

Night 1 ( Saturday ) : Hanoi -Laocai ( Overnight on the train )8h30pm Sapatours 's taxi take you from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).Day 2 (Sunday) : Sapa - Laochai Village - TaVan Village ( B, L , D ) 6 hours trekking, 16 km, 3 villagesPicked up at Laocai Railway station early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Breakfast and shower. Start from Sapa at 10:00 AM by jeep and then get down to a valley, visit an H'mong village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French. Take a small path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H'mong and the Dzay people (LaoChai and TaVan village). Stay in TaVan at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family. Overnight at TaVan village.Day 3 (Monday): TaVan Village - Giang Ta Chai Village -Sapa ( B, L , D ) 5 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages.Breakfast at the home-stay, take the road to GiangTaChai village to see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall, a suspension bridge. Picnic lunch and cross the river. Visit an H'mong village up to the mountain. Take a jeep back to Sapa. Visit the ancient stone circle on the way back. Check in hotel, dinner in Sapa. Overnight at hotel.Day 4 (Tuesday): Sapa - CocLy Market - Boat Trip on Chay River ( B, L , D )Breakfast at the hotel. Leave from Sapa early at 7:00 AM for CocLy market by jeep or bus, which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of different minority peoples ( Flower H'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay). The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another's experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority ( TrungDo village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town - BaoNhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the night train.Arrive in Hanoi roughly 5:30 AM. The end of tour.

2 days – 3 nights Group tour

Maximum: Group of 8 tourists on tourVisit 5 villages (Cat Cat, Sin Chai, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van) of 2 different minorities (Black H’Mong, Dzay)Church in Sapa town Get started: Sapa trekking tour’s taxi take you to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:15 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.1st day:Arrive in Laocai early in the morning. Bus to Sapa, check in hotel and breakfast.Start trekking to Muong Hoa valley to visit 2 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay. Lunch at a family of the Dzay minority. Jeep back to Sapa in the afternoon. Spend the night at hotel. 2nd day:A walk to Catcat village to visit the H’mong, the hydro electric power station built by French people and silver waterfall. Walk back to Sapa and free to explore the town. In late afternoon, get on the bus to Laocai station for the night train to Hanoi (air-con. berth). The end of the tour. Rate in USD per person - Validity until 31 Dec 2008 Currency Converter - Number of Persons -Class 1 2-3 4-5 Single SupSuperior 139 125 119 25Book nowAccommodation offering in this trip: ( click to see hotel )Sapa Superior BambooTour includes:- Train tickets 2 ways (soft sleepers, aircondition cabin 04 berth)- Tranport by bus Laocai - Sapa, Sapa - Laocai.- Accomodation at hotel- All meals on tour except for last dinner.- Entrance fees to the villages.- English speaking guide.- Jeep go and back as timetable. (Motorbike for group of 1 person)Excludes:Insurance,Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses